Chinua Achebe (16 November 1930 - 22 March 2013) was a Nigerian[2]novelist, poet, professor, and critic. He was best known for writing the novel, Things Fall Apart which was first printed in 1958.[3][4] It is the most widely read book in modern African literature. Achebe went to Nigeria's first university, University College. Achebe wrote his first short story at university.